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No, it's not your eyes or the forgetfulness of the administrator, we deliberately did not add a photo of this triplefin blenny because it is not shown in the comprehensive work by Ronald Fricke “Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei )” (pages 304 - 310) nor in the new publication ‘First records of two triplefins, Enneapterygius rhothion and Enneapterygius olivaceus (Actinopterygii: Blenniiformes: Tripterygiidae), from Australia and Vanuatu’.
Both publications can be opened via the links below.
We do not want to show a photo of a dead and dried animal.
Enneapterygius rhothion has only been reported from New Caledonia (Chesterfield Islands, Grande Terre, Ile des Pins and Loyalty Islands) and Vanuatu (Erromango Island) and was thought to be endemic to these areas.
The now reported specimen in the waters around Green Island, Queensland, the east coast of Australia, a single male with a side length of 3.25 cm, is the first record of this species in Australia and the new northernmost record.
Enneapterygius rhothion is a three-fin blenny that is common in the waters of New Caledonia. Unfortunately, Richard Bajol, who lives in New Caledonia, cannot show a photo of this species on his great website http://www.picture-worl.org.
But maybe one of “our” divers will be able to take a photo of Enneapterygius rhothion.
Short description:
The head (including upper jaw) and the base of the pectoral fin are completely black (the posterior two-thirds of the jaw is white.
The base of the pectoral fin shows a black spot, the body has 7 bands (5 bands).
The first and second dorsal fin in males is black in nuptial coloration (otherwise translucent white), the third dorsal fin is black in both sexes.
The dorsal and ventral parts of the caudal fin have vertical stripes in both sexes (the caudal fin is pale in both sexes).
Nothing is currently known about the biology of this blenny.
Adults are found in shallow waters, surge channels and tidal pools around fringing reefs where wave action is high; some found in the big surf, oxygen-rich habitat.
Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.
https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html
A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
No, it's not your eyes or the forgetfulness of the administrator, we deliberately did not add a photo of this triplefin blenny because it is not shown in the comprehensive work by Ronald Fricke “Tripterygiid fishes of the western and central Pacific, with descriptions of 15 new species, including an annotated checklist of world Tripterygiidae (Teleostei )” (pages 304 - 310) nor in the new publication ‘First records of two triplefins, Enneapterygius rhothion and Enneapterygius olivaceus (Actinopterygii: Blenniiformes: Tripterygiidae), from Australia and Vanuatu’.
Both publications can be opened via the links below.
We do not want to show a photo of a dead and dried animal.
Enneapterygius rhothion has only been reported from New Caledonia (Chesterfield Islands, Grande Terre, Ile des Pins and Loyalty Islands) and Vanuatu (Erromango Island) and was thought to be endemic to these areas.
The now reported specimen in the waters around Green Island, Queensland, the east coast of Australia, a single male with a side length of 3.25 cm, is the first record of this species in Australia and the new northernmost record.
Enneapterygius rhothion is a three-fin blenny that is common in the waters of New Caledonia. Unfortunately, Richard Bajol, who lives in New Caledonia, cannot show a photo of this species on his great website http://www.picture-worl.org.
But maybe one of “our” divers will be able to take a photo of Enneapterygius rhothion.
Short description:
The head (including upper jaw) and the base of the pectoral fin are completely black (the posterior two-thirds of the jaw is white.
The base of the pectoral fin shows a black spot, the body has 7 bands (5 bands).
The first and second dorsal fin in males is black in nuptial coloration (otherwise translucent white), the third dorsal fin is black in both sexes.
The dorsal and ventral parts of the caudal fin have vertical stripes in both sexes (the caudal fin is pale in both sexes).
Nothing is currently known about the biology of this blenny.
Adults are found in shallow waters, surge channels and tidal pools around fringing reefs where wave action is high; some found in the big surf, oxygen-rich habitat.
Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.
https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html
A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!
The term "reef safe" is often used in marine aquaristics, especially when buying a new species people often ask if the new animal is "reef safe".
What exactly does reef safe mean?
To answer this question, you can ask target-oriented questions and inquire in forums, clubs, dealers and with aquarist friends:
- Are there already experiences and keeping reports that assure that the new animal can live in other suitably equipped aquariums without ever having caused problems?
- Is there any experience of invertebrates (crustaceans, hermits, mussels, snails) or corals being attacked by other inhabitants such as fish of the same or a different species?
- Is any information known or expected about a possible change in dietary habits, e.g., from a plant-based diet to a meat-based diet?
- Do the desired animals leave the reef structure "alone", do they constantly change it (boring starfish, digger gobies, parrotfish, triggerfish) and thus disturb or displace other co-inhabitants?
- do new animals tend to get diseases repeatedly and very quickly and can they be treated?
- Do known peaceful animals change their character in the course of their life and become aggressive?
- Can the death of a new animal possibly even lead to the death of the rest of the stock through poisoning (possible with some species of sea cucumbers)?
- Last but not least the keeper of the animals has to be included in the "reef safety", there are actively poisonous, passively poisonous animals, animals that have dangerous biting or stinging weapons, animals with extremely strong nettle poisons, these have to be (er)known and a plan of action should have been made in advance in case of an attack on the aquarist (e.g. telephone numbers of the poison control center, the treating doctor, the tropical institute etc.).
If all questions are evaluated positively in the sense of the animal(s) and the keeper, then one can assume a "reef safety".
